| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Chinese Abstract | 第4-6页 |
| English Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| Part One Realism, Modernism and Postmodernism as Modes of Writing | 第14-21页 |
| 1．1 Realistic Novels | 第14-16页 |
| 1．2 Modernist Novels | 第16-18页 |
| 1．3 Postmodernist Novels | 第18-21页 |
| Part Two Interpreting Small World from Realistic Perspective | 第21-33页 |
| 2．1 Introduction | 第21-23页 |
| 2．2 Realistic Reflection in Subject Matter | 第23-28页 |
| 2．3 Realistic Features in Techniques | 第28-33页 |
| Part Three Interpreting Small Worm from Modernist Perspective | 第33-43页 |
| 3．1 The Employment of Mythical Archetype | 第33-40页 |
| 3．2 The Portrayal of Anti-hero and the Manipulation of Open Ending | 第40-43页 |
| Part Four Interpreting Small World from Postmodernist Perspective | 第43-52页 |
| 4．1 Introduction | 第43-44页 |
| 4．2 The Crisis of Representation | 第44-49页 |
| 4．3 Other Postmodernist Elements | 第49-52页 |
| Part Five The Dichotomy between Metaphor and Metonymy | 第52-58页 |
| 5．1 The Theory of Metaphor and Metonymy | 第52-53页 |
| 5．2 Applying the Theory to Small World | 第53-58页 |
| Conclusion | 第58-60页 |
| Notes | 第60-63页 |
| Bibliography | 第63-66页 |
